Departments should track new hire sign on bonus agreements entered into with their employees to ensure agreements are fulfilled. If an employee does not meet the terms of the agreement and is required to pay back the sign on bonus, please process a PAR to remove the payment from Additional Pay (M-Pathways).

Processing the PAR immediately upon knowing the agreement will not be fulfilled gives the payroll team a better chance of setting up deductions to recoup the payment in the employee’s next (or last) paycheck (as per the agreement).

If an employee is terminating their position at UM and we miss setting up the deduction on their last paycheck we are forced to initiate the time-consuming process of invoicing the employee and run the risk of not recouping any or all of the payment.

Reporting and Approving Time Training is a new page on the MMHR website. The page is intended to serve as a training resource for employees, timekeepers, and timesheet approvers (supervisors).

 On this page you can:

• Review the time entry methods available at Michigan Medicine.
• Understand the Employee Self-Service pages available to different time reporter types.
• Watch demos for Self-Service, WebClock, and Punch time reporting.
• Watch demos for Self-Service and Punch time approval.

We highly encourage visiting the page and becoming familiar with the information available. We recommend saving this page as a resource for onboarding new employees and supervisors who will be approving time.

As of October 2023, the General HR Services team has been processing RN Level A to RN Level C reclassifications so that departments performing this work, no longer have to.

If you have any questions, call the HR Solutions Center at 734-647-5538.